The best guest parking apps for apartments in 2027

getParkFlow publishes this guide and is one of the products in it. We say where each product fits best, including where another one fits better than ours, and every fact about another company links to its source at the end.

Start with how your guests should register. Some apps let residents create guest passes from their own phone; others let guests register themselves on a web page, sometimes with a passcode; some do both. Then decide whether guest parking should stay free, be free up to a limit, or bring in money. Those two choices rule out most of the field before you look at price.

Judge every app on the same six questions. Ask each vendor to show you the answer in a live demo or a trial, not on a slide.

On the Pro plan, residents create guest passes from their phone. The manager sets the longest a pass can last (anywhere from 15 minutes to 7 days) and how many active passes each resident can hold (1 to 10), and every pass ends on its own. Visitors without a resident host scan a QR sign and pay by card, with no app to download. Security staff and towing partners check any plate from a phone and see whether it has a current pass, an assigned space, or nothing.

Pricing is published: Starter is $79 a month for one level of up to 200 spaces, Pro is $199 a month with unlimited spaces and the resident portal, and Enterprise is $499 a month for several locations. Paid parking carries a 10% platform fee. Starter and Pro are free for 14 days with no card.

getParkFlow does not connect to Yardi, Entrata or RealPage (it imports and exports residents by spreadsheet instead), does not run license plate recognition cameras, and is available in the United States only.

Parking Boss, from Community Boss, serves apartments, condos, HOAs and student housing. Directory listings describe a fully web-based system with no resident app to download, Smart Decal stickers alongside digital permits, a passcode-protected guest registration page, and an option to charge for guest parking.

Parking Boss does not publish prices on the pages we found. Software directories list starting prices from $99 a month (SourceForge) to $295 a month (GetApp), so ask for a quote for your unit count.

ParkM handles resident vehicle registration, digital guest permits and enforcement, and a property can enforce on its own or with a towing partner. A vendor directory profile says current residents enroll free, it costs the property nothing, and there is no contract, with 30 days' notice to cancel. That is the vendor's own marketing claim; confirm the terms in writing.

Guests register online by license plate with no physical pass and no app. Managers can cap permits per unit, and ApartmentPermits describes paid guest models such as the first 24 hours free and a daily rate after that, or free daytime parking with an overnight charge. It says it can import resident data from Entrata and Yardi. Pricing isn't published.

Reliant Parking offers guest pass monetization, tiered permit pricing and rentable space listings, and publishes guides on integrating with Yardi, Entrata and RealPage. Guests register through Reliant's app. Pricing is by quote, and Reliant says there is no upfront implementation cost.

If your budget for next year is set this winter, run a trial or a demo before the budget closes, not after. A guest parking change also needs a written rule and a notice to residents, and both take longer than the software setup.

Example: a 120-unit community with 12 guest spaces could allow each unit two active guest passes of up to 24 hours, and send a notice 30 days before switching from hang tags. The numbers are only a starting point; set yours from your own guest-space count and how long visits usually last.